Memorial building renovation in 2014

Construction this year on Memorial Building will consist of new fire sprinklers on all floors, new energy efficient lighting, new ceiling grid, and new fire alarm and copper piping for the heating and cooling of the building. The two existing restrooms on floors one and two will also receive a makeover, while two new unisex restrooms will be added on the third floor. The first floor lobby and corridor will also get new trim, paint and carpet to match the second and third floor.

Starting on Mar. 17, staff members working on the first floor will be relocated as follows:

Human Resources moves to the old Alumni House (219 Marcus St.)

Business Office Annex moves to the old Alumni House (219 Marcus St.)

Res Life moves to the third floor of Memorial (rooms 301, 302 and 320)

Security moves to the third floor of Memorial (room 324)

Advancement Services/Development:

Becky Kennedy - Memorial 2nd floor (room 201)

Peter Means - Memorial 2nd floor (room 224)

Wendy Ortega - Memorial 2nd floor (room 224)

Terri Durfee - Baker Center 214

Sara Jones - Baker Center 214

Staff on the second and third floors will move out after Commencement, relocating to several different academic spaces that will be open during the summer.

Whitman in the news

Carl E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Sciences Paul Yancey recently published a paper about his research on deep-sea fish with the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Yancey's research has been covered widely in the U.S. and Canada, in Europe and in Australia and New Zealand, including a "BBC News" article and a piece in the "Washington Post."

Faculty news briefs

Visiting Assistant Professor of English Rob Schlegel was selected as the winner of the 2014 Grub Street National Book Prize for his recent book "January Machine." The publication consists of a book-length poem comprised of sonnets and sonnet sequences.

Associate Professor of Politics Jeanne Morefield recently published her book "Empires Without Imperialism: Anglo-American Decline and the Politics of Deflection." The book analyzes two key moments of liberal imperial thinking (at the beginning and end of the twentieth century) to unearth a set of common intellectual dispositions and theoretical attitudes shaped by the problem of empire.

Parting Shot

Whitman mentor Evan Martin '16 gives his mentee a piggy-back ride after a fun-filled day of play during the annual Mentees to Campus Day, part of the Whitman Mentor Program.

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